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afternoon as are known as task forces no media is allowed in there's an education task force there's an energy task force a tax policy task force it's basically organized in a similar way that our congress is organized into committees now once legislation is passed out of these task forces is then carried with lawmakers back to their home states where they try to pass it through their respective state legislatures to become actual laws so basically that's how it works and it's this activity that threatens progressives who argue that this organization acts as a shadow government churning out corporate as legislation and forcing elected lawmakers to pledge allegiance to corporate interests rather than their own voters back home members here say nothing nefarious is going on but looking at the conservative vendors on hand and what's on the docket in closed door task force meetings you can clearly see an agenda emerging alec has operated largely in the shadows but the organization did release some of its priorities for this year and we can get a sense of what laws are being written and voted on at
afternoon as are known as task forces no media is allowed in there's an education task force there's an energy task force a tax policy task force it's basically organized in a similar way that our congress is organized into committees now once legislation is passed out of these task forces is then carried with lawmakers back to their home states where they try to pass it through their respective state legislatures to become actual laws so basically that's how it works and it's this activity...
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water supply and the dangers of the exploitation of shale gas ultimately the only way that we can bring energy prices down for the consumer long term is not by manipulating international markets through small amounts of unconventional energy sources it's through exploiting increasingly will. alternatives. so the stories get the top hits tonight at r.t. dot com from tiffany bling to caribbean cruises a decade long spending spree by dozens of russian diplomats in america was getting a lot of clicks were reporting on it you could now find themselves in trouble because they're being blamed for the folding the u.s. medicare system to fund said lavish lifestyles read more about that than from us online and the details of how small britain schools have seen classrooms have banded in eastern china it's been a longstanding problem there but now how artificial rain could be used they think to dilute the country's suffocating pollution. right the scene. first for you and i think you're. on a reporter's twitter. instagram. on . a radical islamist rebel group in syria has given its terms now for elise and
water supply and the dangers of the exploitation of shale gas ultimately the only way that we can bring energy prices down for the consumer long term is not by manipulating international markets through small amounts of unconventional energy sources it's through exploiting increasingly will. alternatives. so the stories get the top hits tonight at r.t. dot com from tiffany bling to caribbean cruises a decade long spending spree by dozens of russian diplomats in america was getting a lot of...
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have restarted at a fracking site in northeast romania the shale gas well was being developed by us energy giant chevron with an army of police to ensure security on site of the residents are horrified at the prospect of thousands of toxins tons of toxins actually being pumped into the land which provides them with their livelihood artie's was to cap it off is there. in a remote part of romania a day of rage and fury. protesters stormed a work site operated by chevron and police responded with full force those who didn't leave willingly were dragged away so you can see. in what country we are living the police forces are behaving like a private protection company for the show overall. but what the people here want to know is who will protect them from big business this is one of the poorest corners of the european union but it's believed to sit on top of large reserves of valuable natural gas it's the sort of place that's changed little over the centuries and most of the residents still live off the land land which could soon be pumped full of toxic fluid in order to get the fuel underneat
have restarted at a fracking site in northeast romania the shale gas well was being developed by us energy giant chevron with an army of police to ensure security on site of the residents are horrified at the prospect of thousands of toxins tons of toxins actually being pumped into the land which provides them with their livelihood artie's was to cap it off is there. in a remote part of romania a day of rage and fury. protesters stormed a work site operated by chevron and police responded with...
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negotiations with a basic understanding of iran like any nation should be able to access peaceful nuclear energy but because of its record of violating its obligations iran must accept strict limitations on its nuclear program that make it impossible to develop a nuclear weapon the scope and role of iran's enrichment as is set forth in the language within this document says that iran's peaceful nuclear program is subject to a negotiation and to mutual agreement. despite the official's attempts to appease the hawks hunches are flying security cameras it looks like we've tacitly agreed that they will be enriching for commercial purposes now on the road so i think you're going to see on capitol hill again a bipartisan effort to try to make sure that this is not the final agreement another senator marco rubio call the deal quote a blow to our allies in the region who are already concerned about america's commitment to their security i think a lot of people both in the middle east and on capitol hill are very concerned that this interim deal becomes the new norm opponents of the dealing with washingt
negotiations with a basic understanding of iran like any nation should be able to access peaceful nuclear energy but because of its record of violating its obligations iran must accept strict limitations on its nuclear program that make it impossible to develop a nuclear weapon the scope and role of iran's enrichment as is set forth in the language within this document says that iran's peaceful nuclear program is subject to a negotiation and to mutual agreement. despite the official's attempts...
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greenhouse gas the waltz c o two is so you know this is just a reset is actually a more harmful form of energy than burning coal in public stations. the government in bahrain under fire again for its alleged human rights violations despite calls from amnesty international authorities have failed to free one of the country's most well known activists who's now already served most of his prison term he was put behind bars in two thousand and twelve and is now eligible for release but is likely to stay locked up on top of that authorities recently detained the leader of the european bahraini organization for human rights hussain jawad was arrested when he came to a police station to file a defamation complaint against a government or a newspaper his wife tells us that bahraini authorities know her husband is innocent but still refuse to let him go. off. grainy channels they know that my husband is innocent and he is just defending human rights and he is exposing that my nation that is why the government of bahrain i have tried to accompany it with a police station with. no discipline has been met
greenhouse gas the waltz c o two is so you know this is just a reset is actually a more harmful form of energy than burning coal in public stations. the government in bahrain under fire again for its alleged human rights violations despite calls from amnesty international authorities have failed to free one of the country's most well known activists who's now already served most of his prison term he was put behind bars in two thousand and twelve and is now eligible for release but is likely to...
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energy giant chevron resumed searching for shell gas in a romanian village has been the center of an anti fracking protest now for over two months this is what happened earlier this week as police clashed with demonstrators more actions expected tomorrow to local newspaper said to forty campaigners were beaten by police for setting up camp next to the fields targeted for drilling shell gas is extracted by pumping toxic fluid into the ground but the fear of over it all is that these chemicals can containing. toxic substances accumulate the soil in the water table even evaporate into the atmosphere as george told neither george by the way campaigns that for environmental safety joins on the line from london either georgia but you're alarmed by this that it's going ahead despite these protests several notes saying that it's a priority is to conduct drilling quote in a safe and environmentally responsible manner are you not trusting them why. this is the claim that we've heard from from the outside this is what we heard initially in the states and huge evidence has now emerged to show th
energy giant chevron resumed searching for shell gas in a romanian village has been the center of an anti fracking protest now for over two months this is what happened earlier this week as police clashed with demonstrators more actions expected tomorrow to local newspaper said to forty campaigners were beaten by police for setting up camp next to the fields targeted for drilling shell gas is extracted by pumping toxic fluid into the ground but the fear of over it all is that these chemicals...
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energy production but maybe like fear they could be left to pay the price for her every week there is another tremor and another crack in her house she says she can't even sell it and leave the area we would have never moved here if we would have thought that all of this was going to go up and we were going to live in the middle of a wasteland we would have never moved here and now are stuck while energy companies are rubbing their hands in the anticipation of gigantic profits from fracking people who live just steps away from gas wells or increasingly fearful about the water that they drink about the land that their homes are standing on and they don't trust the government assessment of the damage from fracking because they say the oil and gas industry will make sure that no conclusive study comes out even if it does come out that it doesn't become a basis for effective regulations in texas i'm going to check on. well let's break down for you why people are so worried about fracking many people believe that the chemicals used in this process could accumulate in the soil causing water
energy production but maybe like fear they could be left to pay the price for her every week there is another tremor and another crack in her house she says she can't even sell it and leave the area we would have never moved here if we would have thought that all of this was going to go up and we were going to live in the middle of a wasteland we would have never moved here and now are stuck while energy companies are rubbing their hands in the anticipation of gigantic profits from fracking...
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never wanted a nuclear weapon they've said we don't have a nuclear weapon the international atomic energy agency says they don't have a nuclear weapon it's the most inspected country in the world they want to change but the u.s. government is holding their cards because it's a power relationship it's a political relationship more than it is the issue of nuclear weapons right about the explain just how devastating these sanctions have really been because i don't think people really realize what they're doing and how it's pretty much been a force negotiation if based on what you just said close allies saudi arabia is also odds with not only this recently but syria as well what is driving a state that a lot of people see as just kind of a puppet state for the u.s. what's driving their foreign policy and i'm glad you said puppet because the saudi government and the israeli government for the. yes for decades have been functioning basically as proxies of western power and particularly u.s. power in this resource rich oil rich and geo strategically important part of the world if there is an out
never wanted a nuclear weapon they've said we don't have a nuclear weapon the international atomic energy agency says they don't have a nuclear weapon it's the most inspected country in the world they want to change but the u.s. government is holding their cards because it's a power relationship it's a political relationship more than it is the issue of nuclear weapons right about the explain just how devastating these sanctions have really been because i don't think people really realize what...
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we know that the cranial cranium production is material in energy intensive as it was in let well and z's production cannot be competitive fins a vest so in cranes we'll lose its own production and open its markets for invest in good stead for has happened in letter and the u. it's a very difficult to calculate even not speaking about compensation of all losses we all understand that ukraine's association deal with the huey's in the center of a confrontation between the e.u. and russia so what does the e.u. what does the you want to gain here. unfortunately. the biggest loser of all this confrontation is that russia will be south of course european union member states have different interests and they be all this job illegal game is targeted against this so called meet the europa so called the interests of of for colonel. major states in the continent such as germany and france since by my opinion not only mind. you european union can be self the strong player in the jubilee because game alongside these united states china india and japan on li by uniting its possibilities its capacit
we know that the cranial cranium production is material in energy intensive as it was in let well and z's production cannot be competitive fins a vest so in cranes we'll lose its own production and open its markets for invest in good stead for has happened in letter and the u. it's a very difficult to calculate even not speaking about compensation of all losses we all understand that ukraine's association deal with the huey's in the center of a confrontation between the e.u. and russia so what...
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and yet more protests this time in mexico city where people have marched against proposed energy reforms on the first anniversary of the president's inauguration the rally staged by the opposition leader was joined by scores of teachers union members and anarchists people demonstrated against the sale of the national oil producer pemex to foreign investors and that company generates more than a third of the government's budget. now saudi arabia is the focus of cross talk coming up in a few minutes time here on r.t. international after the recent iran nuclear deal the saudi monarchy has cast doubts about the loyalty of its old allies while at the same time the country's come under criticism from the international community for its very hardline policies peter lavelle and his guests will bring you the latest perspective on that. the saudis are furious over western dealings with iran disappointed that obama didn't bomb syria and determined to export its radical form of islam can the house of saud afford what it calls an independent foreign policy saudi arabia for years isolation they really
and yet more protests this time in mexico city where people have marched against proposed energy reforms on the first anniversary of the president's inauguration the rally staged by the opposition leader was joined by scores of teachers union members and anarchists people demonstrated against the sale of the national oil producer pemex to foreign investors and that company generates more than a third of the government's budget. now saudi arabia is the focus of cross talk coming up in a few...
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first we've been saying the american pivot to asia at least it's been announced it's lost a lot of energy and over the last few weeks it's a little bit more focused with biden visiting the the region and we have the chinese with their new restrictive arizona and travel routes what step is this in the new battle for the pacific in your mind i think the chinese hard fact how they have recognized that. is a weak president and therefore they're.
first we've been saying the american pivot to asia at least it's been announced it's lost a lot of energy and over the last few weeks it's a little bit more focused with biden visiting the the region and we have the chinese with their new restrictive arizona and travel routes what step is this in the new battle for the pacific in your mind i think the chinese hard fact how they have recognized that. is a weak president and therefore they're.
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and roumania where you're seeing major figures from the energy industry moving into into government directly david cameron as i came came to power on the promise of being the greenest government ever and what we've seen is exactly the opposite in rumania it's exactly the same scenario we see a leader says no to fracking because the people want it and then when he's in power he starts dancing to the tune as a these major players like chevron and what we've seen recently is this very brutal action of the peaceful protests that have been there for a number of months and rumania all the entrances to the village were shut off it was a military style operation none of the press was allowed to go in there there are reports of incredible brutality george the problem the bottom line here is that the general public not as may be. involved no not even a little concerned about the environment that got kids to bring that little card to run they got jobs to do they want cheap fuel this is one of the lawyers being both here and in romania that you know. maybe it will poison your children but it's going to
and roumania where you're seeing major figures from the energy industry moving into into government directly david cameron as i came came to power on the promise of being the greenest government ever and what we've seen is exactly the opposite in rumania it's exactly the same scenario we see a leader says no to fracking because the people want it and then when he's in power he starts dancing to the tune as a these major players like chevron and what we've seen recently is this very brutal...